#### Offenses Tab (Mass Offense Entry)

Upon completing the three sections of the Header Tab you are then taken to the Offenses Tab, where you enter any applicable offenses for the incident report.

If no offense was committed during this incident, select the Skip Offense Section and you are taken to the next tab of the report, the Names tab. This ability to skip the offense section allows for the agency to create incidents for recording non-criminal incidents (accidents, civil matters, ordinance violations, etc.).

You may enter one offense at a time for an incident, or add multiple offenses at one time. If you wish to add offenses one at a time, refer to Offenses Tab (Single Offense Entry).

To add multiple offenses for the same incident, begin by entering text into the Offenses field, which will cause offenses to autofill with matching options. Select the offense you wish to add by clicking on the entry from the drop-down menu, which will cause the offense to appear below. (Details added in, say, the first offense will filter down to the other offenses in the mass entry.)

You may repeat this process to add multiple offenses to the incident, then fill out the required fields for each individual offense as needed. When you are finished adding offenses and making selections from the fields for those offenses, click the Save link.

Saving the offenses will add the offenses to the incident.

If you have the necessary permissions to edit an incident, you may add additional offenses individually or as a mass of offenses. Select either Add Offense (to add an individual offense to the incident) or Mass Offense Entry (to add multiple offenses to the same incident.

#### Offenses Tab (Single Offense Entry)

To add a single offense when adding an incident, begin by selecting the Use Single Offense Entry link at the bottom of the Offenses Tab.

You may now enter text into the single-entryFind Offense Code field and select a value from the displayed list. If the offense you entered is not found, refine your search text and the results will refresh as well. If the offense is still not located, contact your agency administrator.

If your agency administrator relates an offense to one or more Incident Types, the offense requires at least one of the related offenses on the Incident Report when that Incident Type is added to an Incident Report.

In this case, a Quick Select Report Type Offenses link appears on the Offenses tab.

Click the link to open a dialog box that lists the offense(s) from which to choose. You can filter by Incident Type by selecting from the list. Only one offense appears in the below example for illustration purposes.

If you do not choose a related offense, a notification appears on the Validations tab.

Once the offense has been selected, the system will display the Offense Details . This screen is used to describe the status of the offense and collect information related to state reporting guidelines.

Select the appropriate answers about the offense by using the drop down menus or multi-select menus provided. Click on None, Unknown, and Not Applicable buttons to quickly enter that selection into the field, when applicable.

After the mandatory questions have been completed, select the Save button, which will then take you back to the Offenses tab for review.

Hover your mouse over the information bubble to the left of the NIBRS code to view the NIBRS Crime Description.

Additional offenses may be added by clicking the Add Another Offense hyperlink and repeating the same process.

Click on the Update All Offense's Status hyperlink to update the offense status and status date on all edited offenses on the Supplement.

Select the Offense Status and enter the Offense Status Date, then click OK.

Depending on the offense(s) selected on the Incident, certain tabs may turn red. This indicates that additional information in those tabs is needed to validate the state reporting requirements for the agency. Placing the mouse pointer over the red tab displays a pop-up window displaying the required information.

Optional Modus Operandi information can also be added at the bottom of the page. Clicking the Add Modus Operandi link will display the Modus Operandi page where entry, exit, method, means, and trademark information can be added and associated to one or more of the offenses listed on the report.

Click Save after entering or selecting all required fields on the Modus Operandi page.

Click the Finished – Go To Next Section button to advance to the Names tab.